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GCE Examinations Advanced Subsidiary

Core Mathematics C3
Paper A Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Instructions and Information
Candidates may use any calculator EXCEPT those with the facility for symbolic algebra, differentiation and / or integration. Full marks may be obtained for answers to ALL questions. Mathematical formulae and statistical tables are available. This paper has eight questions.

Advice to Candidates
You must show sufficient working to make your methods clear to an examiner. Answers without working may gain no credit.

Written by Shaun Armstrong

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1.

Given that x = sec2 y + tan y, show that

dy cos 2 y = . 2 tan y + 1 dx

(4)

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The functions f and g are defined by f : x 3x 4, x , g:x (a) (b) Evaluate fg(1). Solve the equation gf(x) = 6.
2 , x , x 3. x+3

(2) (4)

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Giving your answers to 2 decimal places, solve the simultaneous equations e2y x + 2 = 0 ln (x + 3) 2y 1 = 0 (8)

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(a)

Use the derivatives of sin x and cos x to prove that

d (tan x) = sec2 x. dx

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The tangent to the curve y = 2x tan x at the point where x = meets the y-axis at the point P. (b) Find the y-coordinate of P in the form k2 where k is a rational constant. (6)

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(a) (b)

Express 3 cos x + sin x in the form R cos (x ) where R > 0 and 0 < < 90. Using your answer to part (a), or otherwise, solve the equation 6 cos2 x + sin 2x = 0, for x in the interval 0 x 360, giving your answers to 1 decimal place where appropriate.

(4)

(6)

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y y = f(x)

y=2 (0, q) O x=1 Figure 1 Figure 1 shows the curve with equation y = f(x). The curve crosses the axes at (p, 0) and (0, q) and the lines x = 1 and y = 2 are asymptotes of the curve. (a) Showing the coordinates of any points of intersection with the axes and the equations of any asymptotes, sketch on separate diagrams in the spaces provided the graphs of (i) (ii) y = f(x), y = 2f(x + 1). f(x)
2x 1 , x , x 1, x 1

(p, 0) x

(6)

Given also that (b) (c)

find the values of p and q, find an expression for f 1(x).

(3) (3)

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(a)

(i)

Show that sin (x + 30) + sin (x 30) a sin x, where a is a constant to be found.

(ii)

Hence find the exact value of sin 75 + sin 15, giving your answer in the form b 6 .

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(b)

Solve, for 0 y 360, the equation 2 cot2 y + 5 cosec y + cosec2 y = 0. (6)

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x 4 + x3 5 x 2 9 . f(x) = x2 + x 6 (a) Using algebraic division, show that f(x) = x2 + A +

B , x+C

where A, B and C are integers to be found. (b) (c) By sketching two suitable graphs on the same set of axes in the space provided, show that the equation f(x) = 0 has exactly one real root. Use the iterative formula xn + 1 = 2 + 1 , xn + 1
2

(5) (3)

with a suitable starting value to find the root of the equation f(x) = 0 correct to 3 significant figures and justify the accuracy of your answer.

(5)

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